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Murrieta Valley Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Murrieta Valley Unified runs 21 public schools with 21,712 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.4 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 21,712
- Teachers (FTE)
- 929
- Students per teacher
- 23.4
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 41870 McAlby Ct., Murrieta, CA 92562
- Phone
- (951)696-1600
- County
- Riverside County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600029
- State district ID
- CA-3375200
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,989
- School counselors (FTE)
- 42.0About 517 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 48.0
Students per teacher compared
This district23.4
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (22,950), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $331.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $30.1 million
- State revenue
- $195.8 million
- Local revenue
- $105.7 million
- Total spending
- $300.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,111
- Salaries
- $171.1 million56.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $217.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 59.0%
- Local: 31.9%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,111
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Murrieta Valley Unified
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alta Murrieta ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 849 | 25.0 |
| Antelope Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 839 | 24.7 |
| Avaxat ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 617 | 23.7 |
| Cole Canyon ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 1,038 | 25.9 |
| Daniel N. Buchanan ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 828 | 24.4 |
| Dorothy McElhinney MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,451 | 25.0 |
| E. Hale Curran ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 575 | 24.0 |
| Lisa J. Mails ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 1,006 | 26.5 |
| Monte Vista ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 769 | 24.8 |
| Murrieta Canyon AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 296 | 12.3 |
| Murrieta ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 893 | 26.3 |
| Murrieta Mesa HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,066 | 22.0 |
| Murrieta Options Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 12 | 1.2 |
| Murrieta Preschool Outreach | ||||
| Murrieta Valley HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,104 | 22.6 |
| Rail Ranch ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 603 | 26.2 |
| Shivela MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,282 | 28.5 |
| Thompson MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,565 | 25.2 |
| Tovashal ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 745 | 24.8 |
| Vista Murrieta HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 3,328 | 23.0 |
| Warm Springs MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 755 | 22.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Riverside County
- Corona-Norco Unified 49,487 students
- Riverside Unified 38,033 students
- Moreno Valley Unified 30,926 students
- Temecula Valley Unified 26,298 students
- Desert Sands Unified 25,615 students
- Hemet Unified 22,891 students
- Lake Elsinore Unified 20,559 students
- Palm Springs Unified 20,008 students
- Val Verde Unified 19,080 students
- Jurupa Unified 17,815 students
- Alvord Unified 16,466 students
- Coachella Valley Unified 15,817 students
- Beaumont Unified 12,448 students
- Menifee Union 12,253 students
- Perris Union High 11,832 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.